The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not precedent of the Board. Paper No. 31 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte FERNANDO GONZALEZ, MIKE VIOLETTE, NANSENG JENG, AFTAB AHMAD and KLAUS SCHUEGRAF ____________ Appeal No. 2003-1298 Application No. 09/369,579 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before KIMLIN, GARRIS and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-5, 21, 23-29, 33, 34, and 38-40. Claims 1 and 34 are representative of the subject matter on appeal, and are set forth below: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007